Photographic print folder



Nov. 20, 1956 R, w. CLARKE 2,771,238

PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT FOLDER Filed June 25, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 ATTORNEY Nov. 20, 195 6 R. w. CLARKE PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT FOLDER 2 Sheets-Shaw 2 Filed June 25, 1954 ATTORNEY United States Patent PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT FOLDER Ralph W. Clarke, Nashville, Tenn., assignor to Double Envelope Corporation, Roanoke, Va.

Application June 25, 1954, Serial No. 439,299 1 Claim. (Cl. 229-87) This invention relates to a temporary binder or folder for photographic prints whereby said prints may be protected and assembled in pack-like form and retained in said form without the use of positive securing means or devices.

The object of the invention is the production of an attractive and yet practical folder of the type indicated, made from a single blank of relatively stiff paper or thin cardboard, whereby photographic prints may be readily inserted and removed yet at the same time be safely retained within said folder without supplemental or additional securing means.

Another object of the invention is to provide a folder or binder having all of the abovementioned advantages and features and one that can be very cheaply manufactured as a single blank from paper or cardboard of the postal card type.

Another object of the invention is to so reduce the production cost of articles of this type that they will be desirable to the photographic supply houses and photoprint establishments as a means of advertising, by furnishing one of these folders with each set of prints at little or no extra cost.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure l is a reduced plan view of the blank.

Figure 2 is substantially a full sized view partly in elevation and partly in section illustrating the completed folder.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view on line 33 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the completed folder showing the manner of supporting photographic prints or the like in the pocket formed adjacent the transverse fold of the top and bottom leaves; and

Figure 5 is a sectional view on line 55 of Figure 4.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the improved folder is produced from a blank 1 of relatively thin card board of the character of the conventional postal card, said blank comprising two half sections to be hereinafter referred to as a top leaf 2 and a bottom leaf 3 when folded along the intermediate transverse fold line 4.

Extending outwardly from the opposite side edges of the bottom leaf 3, adjacent the fold line 4, are two relatively short flaps or tabs 5, the face of each tab, as viewed in Figure 1, having applied thereto a spot of adhesive 6.

To assemble the improved folder, and as still viewed in Figure 1, the tabs or flaps 5 are folded backwardly and then inwardly to overly the under face of the bottom leaf 3 and the top leaf 2 i then folded backwardly at the fold line 4 and around to lie flat against the bottom leaf 3 and then pressed down on the tabs 5. In so doing these tabs 5 become attached to the inner face of the top leaf 2 producing a V-shaped pocket 7 adapted to have inserted therein one or more photographic prints or the like 8 as clearly shown in Figure 4.

For the sake of clearness in illustration, the showing in Figure 4 has been somewhat exaggerated with respect to the pocket 7. In this figure the fold line portion 4 is shown somewhat round and the pocket looks rather wide at the bottom when, as a matter of fact, in the actual construction this is a well defined V shape so that the photographic prints or similar cards are held in the folder by a wedging action and friction without requiring further securing means.

What I claim is:

An open ended folder of relatively stiif paper comprising a blank folded transversely intermediate the ends thereof with a single sharp fold line to provide top and bottom like leaves in face to face contact, substantially square fiat tabs extending from the opposite side edges of only one of said leaves adjacent said sharp fold line, one side of each tab being provided with a spot of adhesive and folded inwardly along a single fold line which has a length approximately one fourth the length of a leaf, each tab extending a distance substantially one third the width of said leaves and secured to the inner face of the other of said leaves by said adhesive adjacent said first mentioned fold line when said leaves are in folded or superimposed relation, hereby a V-shaped shallow pocket between the leaves is provided.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Swift Dec. 9, 1919 

